Table 2.
Intake of milk replacer, starter and its major nutrients during the restriction and realimentation phases.
| Items | Groups | SEM | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPL | LPL | ||||
| 15–60 d | Milk replacer and its major nutrients intake/d | ||||
| Milk replacer intake (g) | 190.01 | 180.10 | 3.47 | 0.1898 | |
| CP intake (g) | 47.65a | 34.63b | 2.53 | 0.0014 | |
| GE intake (MJ) | 3.88 | 3.67 | 0.07 | 0.1724 | |
| Starter and its major nutrients intake/d | |||||
| Starter intake (g) | 332.84 | 305.91 | 17.01 | 0.0957 | |
| CP intake (g) | 70.16a | 45.95b | 5.53 | 0.0046 | |
| GE intake (MJ) | 5.82 | 5.27 | 0.30 | 0.0703 | |
| 61–90 d | Total intake (g) | 1135.13 | 1058.48 | 26.26 | 0.1116 |
| CP intake (g) | 239.29 | 223.13 | 5.53 | 0.1116 | |
| GE intake (MJ) | 19.85 | 18.51 | 0.50 | 0.1116 | |
| 15–90 d | Total intake (g) | 767.76 | 715.00 | 19.81 | 0.0749 |
| CP intake (g) | 166.40a | 137.60b | 6.48 | 0.0094 | |
| GE intake (MJ) | 29.55 | 27.45 | 0.73 | 0.0722 | |